Description
This is the expansion to Creative Assembly's Rome: Total War strategy game. While the original dealt with the rise of the Roman Empire to glory, the conquest of the Greeks and Gauls and the clash with the Carthaginians, the expansion deals with its eventual decline. The Roman Empire splits in two, forming the Western and the Eastern Empires. Historically, the tribal race knows as the Huns, the "Scourge of God" reached the gates of Rome burning everything in its way and turned back, while the Eastern part would rise again as the great Byzantine Empire. It is up to the player to assume the role of one of the two Emperors or the Warlords of the barbarian races and imitate or change History.
Once again, gameplay is split between grand real-time battles and engrossing turn-based building and managing. The core of the gameplay remains the same on the battlefield and the most significant addition is that of night battles (it seems that the barbarians favoured this time for raids) and the ability to cross rivers. On a larger scale Barbaric races such as the Huns and Vandals are not defeated if they lose their provinces, but form Hordes and move to find greener lands. This feature imitates both the fearsome way in which the Huns overrun Europe and the major population shifts that took place in this dark time.
Alternate Titles
- "罗马：全面战争 蛮族入侵" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
- "RTW: BI" -- Abbreviated Title
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The Press Says
| Pelit |
Nov, 2005 |
93 out of 100 |
93 |
| IGN |
Sep 29, 2005 |
8.8 out of 10 |
88 |
| PC Powerplay |
Oct, 2005 |
87 out of 100 |
87 |
| ActionTrip |
Oct 10, 2005 |
86 out of 100 |
86 |
| GameSpot |
Oct 10, 2005 |
8.2 out of 10 |
82 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Oct 03, 2005 |
16 out of 20 |
80 |
| Gamestyle (Germany) |
Oct 07, 2005 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| Game Revolution |
Oct 14, 2005 |
B |
75 |
| 1UP |
Nov 01, 2005 |
7 out of 10 |
70 |
| JeuxVideoPC.com |
Nov 13, 2005 |
14 out of 20 |
70 |
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Trivia
Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion was named Expansion of the Year in the 2005 PC Game Awards issue of Computer Games Magazine (March 2006).
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
Silverblade (1428) on Oct 03, 2005.
